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A Note on Racial Differences in the Effect of Female Economic Opportunity on Marriage Rates

Author(s) -

Lynn White

Publication year - 1981

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2061002

Subject(s) - demographic economics , demography , racial group , black women , racial differences , economics , psychology , sociology , ethnic group , race (biology) , gender studies , anthropology

The previously observed aggregate relationship between marriage rates and female work opportunities is not found among black Americans. Alternative definitions of family formation which take illegitimacy into consideration are explored and also found to be unrelated to black females’ economic opportunities. Although some of the difference may be attributed to measurement error, the significant disparity between the two populations probably reflects substantive differences.

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